Life Without Parole Is An Outrageous Sentence For Non-Violent Criminalshttp://www.businessinsider.com/life-without-parole-for-non-violent-criminals-2013-11/comments
en-usWed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500Sun, 02 Aug 2015 15:25:08 -0400The Economisthttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/52884b4769bedd830cb1de88PaulpotSat, 16 Nov 2013 23:51:19 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52884b4769bedd830cb1de88
Mandatory sentencing is a crime against humanity.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5287d13d69bedd747eb1de90KCRobSat, 16 Nov 2013 15:10:37 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5287d13d69bedd747eb1de90
If you count the cascade of regulations that carry the force of law that unelected and unaccountable bureaucracy so beloved by the left extrudes every year, the 50,000 number may not be too far off.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5287d081eab8ea220831f4fdKCRobSat, 16 Nov 2013 15:07:29 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5287d081eab8ea220831f4fd
That's a valid point... most career criminals have numerous crimes under their belts for which they were never charged. I don't remember the statistics aside from the fact they are surprising.
That said, life imprisonment for petty crimes (assuming the perp has no violent history) is overkill.
For criminals on the violent side, however, three strikes is more than enough.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/528680a5ecad043f0fac94f6Doug in VirginiaFri, 15 Nov 2013 15:14:29 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/528680a5ecad043f0fac94f6
Just in case you didnt get that, basically I cant honestly refute anything you said, nor can I refute your citations. Instead, I will just use the fallacy that because its in a book it must be fiction. Its a sign of my poor reasoning skills and disingenuous behavior. But rest assured that my love of molesting donkeys, mules, horses and hinnyshttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/52866f38eab8ea002cac94f2yes-and-no-butFri, 15 Nov 2013 14:00:08 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52866f38eab8ea002cac94f2
This story is about a reality as quintessentially American as a Norman Rockwell painting.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/528617e46bb3f7d42e1e069aDon HarderFri, 15 Nov 2013 07:47:32 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/528617e46bb3f7d42e1e069a
Not to mention the fact that the system he pays for essentially amounts to higher education for criminals, which releases more desperate, more depraved criminals back onto the streets than it originally admitted. America's tough on crime policy has produced a system that imprisons more people, both in sheer numbers and per capita than any other nation on the planet, including Russia and China and yet it still has some of the highest levels of crime, both violent and non violent amongst 1st world, industrialized nations.
The fact that those citizens most likely to vote for politicians who are tough on crime are the same ones who hate taxes the most simply uncovers the unfathomable levels of stupidity and ignorance -- not to mention mean spiritedness -- that exists amongst some voter groups.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5285f8a9eab8eaa231ac94f6Doug in VirginiaFri, 15 Nov 2013 05:34:17 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5285f8a9eab8eaa231ac94f6
Well, sure, if there's a book with that title, it must be true.
On a related note, I can't wait to go visit Hogwarts and see the Chamber of Secrets.
(But seriously, reviewers note that there is nothing in that book to back up the claim. It's just a shock title. Like saying "Elvis is alive!", and they mean some other Elvis.)http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5285dfff6da811b34d5c86eeoak111Fri, 15 Nov 2013 03:49:03 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5285dfff6da811b34d5c86ee
He definitely committed the wrong crime. Had his theft been worked out at WS or as one of its minions, he would still be a free man.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5285ce0a6da8117b1d5c86eeOnly a fool names the felonies he may have commitedFri, 15 Nov 2013 02:32:26 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5285ce0a6da8117b1d5c86ee
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I don't think these sentences make sense, either.
That said, one issue is that convicted felons have a high relapse rate after release, typically 50% or more within five years.
How do you balance out the 3278 in federal prison indefinitely with the 1600+ crimes that would be committed, statistically speaking, if they were all released?http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52858d556bb3f7d0265c86f2Doug in VirginiaThu, 14 Nov 2013 21:56:21 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52858d556bb3f7d0265c86f2
Three felonies / day average per person?
That sounds pretty far-fetched.
Which ones did you commit today?
Most of those laws / regulations apply only to a state or smaller jurisdiction; it's not like anybody has to learn 50,000 distinct new criminal code laws annually.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5285898969bedda1645c86eehope you are ready to do the timeThu, 14 Nov 2013 21:40:09 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5285898969bedda1645c86ee
There are about 50,000 new laws and regulations added to the US criminal codes every year. On average even "law abiding" citizens commit 3 felonies a DAY. I hope you are ready to rot in prison for the rest of your life because of it.
I am sorry you got your stuff stolen, but rotting in jail for the rest of your life for thefts is ridiculous by any objective standard. Should there be consequences for the thefts, yeah of course. But to lock up somebody for the rest of their life for it is asinine.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/528589666bb3f736245c86f0Hope you are ready to do timeThu, 14 Nov 2013 21:39:34 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/528589666bb3f736245c86f0
There are about 50,000 new laws and regulations added to the US criminal codes every year. On average even "law abiding" citizens commit 3 felonies a DAY. I hope you are ready to rot in prison for the rest of your life because of it.
I am sorry you got your stuff stolen, but rotting in jail for the rest of your life for thefts is ridiculous by any objective standard. Should there be consequences for the thefts, yeah of course. But to lock up somebody for the rest of their life for it is asinine.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52857318eab8ea831df92332madoffanyoneThu, 14 Nov 2013 20:04:24 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52857318eab8ea831df92332
Agree in most cases. But non violent bernie madoff deserves life w/o parole. Sure he didn't use a gun but he ruined many many lives.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52857178eab8ea6816f92334hate taxesThu, 14 Nov 2013 19:57:28 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52857178eab8ea6816f92334
But I bet you hate taxes. Unfortunately it needs to be kept collected from you to pay for his imprisoning.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/528568f569bedd51195c86eehelge58Thu, 14 Nov 2013 19:21:09 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/528568f569bedd51195c86ee
So the man has three convictions interrupting his professional career.
For each conviction he likely committed dozens if not hundreds of thefts for which he was never even arrested.
Also quite a few arrests for which charges were dropped or plea-bargained down to zilch.
There are too many victims and the thief is not one of them.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/528568b6eab8ea4607f92334crismo_99Thu, 14 Nov 2013 19:20:06 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/528568b6eab8ea4607f92334
Everybody understands the rules so if you do the crime's you can do the time.
I have had my work tools stolen out of my van three times, when they stole them they stole my ability to make a living.
They hurt my family and my customers and my insurance rates.
My tools cost lots I fix MRI's.
If they go to prison for life well that is just too bad,http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52856130eab8ea9e74f92333badbobThu, 14 Nov 2013 18:48:00 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52856130eab8ea9e74f92333
No suprise here. Louisiana has the highest number of inmates, per capita, in the whole world. The for-profit prisons in LA need the bodies to keep the stockholders, including LA state & local judges, well fed. The way Louisiana is run is no different now than back in the early 1800's. It's all good ol boy payoffs, bribes and brother in law dealings. LA is by far the most crooked state in the union.